 | Thoughts on Interaction Design |
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Interaction Designers are the shapers of behavior. Interaction Designers - whether practicing as Usability Engineers, Visual Interface Designers, or Information Architects - all attempt to understand and shape human behavior. The importance of this profession in business, government, healthcare and society has never been greater, as technological complexity has permeated nearly every aspect of our culture. Thoughts on Interaction Design gives individuals engaged in this profession the dialogue to begin to justify their work to other stakeholders. It provides a framework upon which to build intellectual discourse, and it substantiates the rigorous and unique nature of Interaction Design work. Ultimately, the text exists to better define the professional and theoretical nature of Interaction Design: to provide a definition that encompasses the intellectual facets of the field, the conceptual underpinnings of Interaction Design as a legitimate human-centered field, and the particular methods used by practitioners in their day to day experiences.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1683920 in Books
- Published on: 2007-03-23
- Released on: 2007-03-30
- Binding: Perfect Paperback
- 155 pages
Editorial Reviews
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... Kolko referenced all of the right bibles, from the aforementioned Dreyfuss and Norman to visual thinkers like Edward Tufte. His work is erudite, expressive and ably explains the field of interaction design using academic references, historical precedent and real world examples. Kolko also writes with just the right amount of indignation at the problems inherent in a traditional manufacturing flow. ... while Thoughts is a solid resource for designers, it is less important for designers to read than it is for us to proselytize and to try to pass a dog-eared copy up through middle management and hopefully all the way to the CEO. --Robert Blinn, core77
From the Back Cover
Interaction Designers-whether practicing as Usability Engineers, Visual Interface Designers, or Information Architects-attempt to understand and shape human behavior in order to design products that are at once usable, useful, and desirable. Although the value of design is now recognized as essential to product development, the field is often misunderstood by managers and other team members, who don't understand a designer's role in a team. This can cause inefficient and ineffective products.
Thoughts on Interaction Design gives individuals engaged in this profession the dialogue to justify their work to other stakeholders. It provides a framework upon which to build intellectual discourse, and it substantiates the rigorous and unique nature of interaction design work. Ultimately, the text exists to provide a definition that encompasses the intellectual facets of the field, the conceptual underpinnings of interaction design as a legitimate human-centered field, and the particular methods used by practitioners in their day to day experiences.
About the Author
Jon Kolko is a Professor of Interaction and Industrial Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design, in Savannah, Georgia. His professional work deals with the manipulation of complicated technological constraints in order to best solve the problems of Fortune 500 clients. The common underlying theme of these problems and projects is the creation of a solution that is useful, usable, and desirable. Professor Kolko's writing has been published in journals and conferences, including ACM s Interactions, ACM SIGCHI Proceedings, IDSA's Proceedings, and the European Academy of Design Proceedings. He received his Masters degree in Human Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
